Barmecidal
Example Sentences
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What would a dull-eyed glutton, famishing, not with hunger but with the cravings of digestive ferocity, find in Thackeray's "Memorials of Gormandizing" or "Barmecidal Feasts?"
From The Delicious Vice by Young Ewing Allison
This happened many times, and so her mother’s promise and her imp brought the poor penitent romancer Barmecidal good luck.
From Witch Stories by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton
